Maximum Speed/Tension from String Breaking Limit

Questions where a string has a given breaking tension and the task is to find the maximum speed or frequency at which an object can be whirled without breaking the string.

jee-main 2020 Q23 View
A body of mass $\mathrm { m } = 10 \mathrm {~kg}$ is attached to one end of a wire of length 0.3 m . What is the maximum angular speed (in $\mathrm { rad } \mathrm { s } ^ { - 1 }$ ) with which it can be rotated about its other end in a space station without breaking the wire? [Breaking stress of wire $( \sigma ) = 4.8 \times 10 ^ { 7 } \mathrm {~N} \mathrm {~m} ^ { - 2 }$ and area of cross-section of the wire $= 10 ^ { - 2 } \mathrm {~cm} ^ { 2 }$ ]
jee-main 2022 Q3 View
A boy ties a stone of mass 100 g to the end of a 2 m long string and whirls it around in a horizontal plane. The string can withstand the maximum tension of 80 N . If the maximum speed with which the stone can revolve is $\frac { K } { \pi } \mathrm { rev } \min ^ { - 1 }$. The value of $K$ is : (Assume the string is massless and un-stretchable)
(1) 400
(2) 300
(3) 600
(4) 800
jee-main 2024 Q6 View
A ball of mass 0.5 kg is attached to a string of length 50 cm. The ball is rotated on a horizontal circular path about its vertical axis. The maximum tension that the string can bear is 400 N. The maximum possible value of angular velocity of the ball in rad $\mathrm { s } ^ { - 1 }$ is,:
(1) 1600
(2) 40
(3) 1000
(4) 20